"We Cannot Cease Fire When...": Putin On African Peace Plan For Ukraine

Putin was speaking at a press conference after meeting African leaders and hearing their calls for Moscow to move ahead with their plan.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that an African initiative could be a basis for peace in Ukraine but that Ukrainian attacks made it hard to realise.

He was speaking at a press conference after meeting African leaders in St Petersburg on Friday and hearing their calls for Moscow to move ahead with their plan.

"There are provisions of this peace initiative that are being implemented," he said. "But there are things that are difficult or impossible to implement."